Bonjour, Paris!

Well these have been quite an eventful past couple of days! The stress leading up to yesterday’s travel day was palpable, but we are now finally settled in our new Parisian apartment.

Surprisingly, the worst part of the traveling was not the delay while on the tarmac (Jacob has some VERY entertaining group games on his phone) but the traffic that we experienced right off the bat in France. Even our taxi driver was hitting his wheel as if to say, “Could you please move a little faster?” …Okay, maybe it was without the please.

Even though half the amenities of this tiny apartment are broken or non-existent, and even though we totally forgot bar soap, we know it’ll become cozy enough to us in the next few weeks. I’m not sure I’d go as far as to say we’ll be missing it come the end of our classes, but I can tell it’ll quickly become our Parisian home.

Classes are still the most worrisome part of the trip. Jacob and I are both so scared of not doing well in our respective classes and have come up with small things to keep our hearts steady. I keep looking towards the day when we have a demonstration and practical class on croissants since they are my fiancé’s favorite pastry -- if I come back having forgotten everything but the croissants I’ll still feel okay about the trip. Jacob has a crazy French meal planned (it may or may not include rabbit) for our grandparents after we return. He was picking menu items before we even left! I can't wait to sneak a few bites.

Even after getting a bit worried just sitting here, I looked left out the window and spotted the expected, gorgeous French architecture and realized that I’m in Paris…that’s pretty cool.

~Sarah